At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (Gael García Bernal) navigated a fleet of ships to Southeast Asia, attempting the first voyage across the vast Pacific Ocean. On reaching the Malay Archipelago, the crew pushed to the brink of madness in the harshness of the high seas and overwhelming natural beauty of the islands, Magellan's obsession leads to a rebellion and reckoning with the consequences of power. A vast, globe-spanning epic from Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz (NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY), MAGELLAN presents the colonization of the Philippines as a primal, shocking encounter with the unknown and a radical retelling of European narratives of discovery and exploration.

GENRE: Biopic, Drama, Romance
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 2h 43m
RELEASE DATE: January 09, 2026
STARRING: Gael Garcia Bernal, Roger Alan Koza, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Angela Ramos, Amado Arjay Babon
DIRECTOR(S): Lav Diaz
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WRITER(S): Lav Diaz
STUDIO: Janus Films